Giant Game of Thrones Bash in SF Castle with Free Beer
UPDATE: The organizers offered Bold Italic readers free tickets to this awesome party; those are now gone....
The MissionA collection of 124 posts
Finally, a Juice Cleanse for Meat Lovers
It was only a few years ago that the idea of a juice cleanse would have seemed extreme....
The Tragedies of (Literally) Living in a Closet
Sorry, maybe I should’ve phrased that better; I’m not gay, it’s just that ironically, living near the Castro has forced me into a 35-square-foot closet....
Will New Urinals Help the Dolores Park Pee Problem?
It’s hardly a secret that when the weather’s nice, you can find a lot of San Franciscans at Dolores Park....
Let’s Improve 16th and Mission Without Making It Suck
For the past five years, my daily commute has taken me on the notorious stretch of Mission Street between 16th and 17th Streets....
Elbo Room Is Not Closing — You Can Stop Sharing That News
The Mission bar’s obituary went around a little early. Here is where things actually stand....
Watch This If You Love Dirty Old Bars
It’s fine to pay $13 for a cocktail from time to time, but I’ll always love San Francisco’s dirty old dive bars the most....
I Love You, 16th and Mission!
More than anything, I now know that your sights and smells are more than just a loose conglomeration of sadness, more than just overturned garbage cans and 24-hour porn stores....
Vintage ’50s Photographs of the Mission
These 1951 images of the Mission from the San Francisco Assessor’s Office came to the Western Neighborhoods Project from a local historian who saved them from being discarded in the early 1980s....
Big Changes at Adobe Books
Editor’s Note: As part of our Facing Change package, we invited Mission icon Andrew McKinley to write a piece about having to move his beloved shop, Adobe Books, after his landlord raised the rent by a significant amount....
Quieting Your Crazy Little Head
I had only two real experiences with mediation. I had a college roommate who, upon returning from a semester abroad in Ghana, suddenly became a Buddhist and spent the early mornings in the room next to mine ohming in a low monotone voice like a vacuum cleaner every morning....
San Francisco Has an Evil Twin
It can be trippy to try to remember what San Francisco first looked like through your wide, virgin eyes....